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Ubi Soft Announces 'IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles' - Features

Ubi Soft Entertainment today announced features of IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles, its forthcoming expansion pack for use with the multi-award winning IL-2 Sturmovik World War II combat flight simulation. The expansion pack will add 30 new missions, 27 additional flyable aircraft and a new dynamic campaign system offering almost limitless replayability. IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles is expected to ship to North American retail shelves this winter, with an MSRP of $19.99.

"The IL-2 community is anxiously awaiting the release of IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles and we know they'll agree that it is well worth the wait for an official expansion pack to continue the IL-2 experience," said Matt Wagner, producer at Ubi Soft Entertainment. "Full of highly-detailed aircraft and action-packed missions, IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles continues Ubi Soft's tradition of delivering only the best in ultra-realistic combat simulation titles."

About IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles:

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles is the first expansion pack for the hugely popular, multi-award winning IL-2 Sturmovik World War II combat flight simulation. The expansion pack is being created by the original IL-2 Sturmovik's developer, 1C Maddox Games, assuring the high level of quality, detail and realism that flight simulation enthusiasts demand. It includes three new maps for both single and multiplayer play, including the Finnish gulf from Helsinki to Leningrad, the Balaton Lake area of Hungary, and L'vov covering the Ukraine and Poland. With 20 new single player missions and 10 new cooperative multiplayer missions, and a new dynamic campaign system, IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles expands the aerial battlefield for IL-2 owners, adding almost limitless replayability. The expansion pack also adds 27 new flyable, and 12 new AI controlled aircraft to faithfully recreate the WWII aerial combat experience.

IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles also features:

New AI ground objects and vehicles for each new map area, with new 3D building models

Ranking and award system for Finnish and Hungarian pilots

Selectable custom skins in single play mode for players and all AI aircraft

All IL-2: FB aircraft available in Quick Mission Builder, except seaplanes and gliders

Improved flight dynamics

More realistic AI scripting to create more realistic battles

New engine management relating to radiators, superchargers and fuel mixture control for different altitudes

Online track recorder

A New system of single play track recording

Search lights and barrage balloons

4 new large ships including the Russian battleship Marat, Russian cruisers Aurora and Kirov and German cruiser Niobe

27 New flyable aircraft:

Ju-87D-3 (German "Stuka")

Ju-87G-1

Bf-109G-14

Bf-109G-10

Bf-109K-4

FW-190D-9

He-111H-2 (multi-crewed flyable bomber)

He-111H-6 (multi-crewed flyable bomber)

Me-262A-1a

Me-262A-2a

Brewster Buffalo F2A (Finnish Air Force)

Hurricane Mk I (Finnish Air Force)

La-5

La-5F

La-7 (2x20mm ShVAK cannons)

La-7 (3x20mm B-20 cannons)

I-153 M-62

I-153P

Hurricane Mk IIB

Hurricane Mk IIC

Hurricane Mk II (with Russian cannons and machineguns)

P-47D-10 (American "Thunderbolt")

P-47D-22

P-40E

P-40M

P-40 (Russian Field Mode with Soviet M-105P engine)

TB-3 (multi-crewed flyable bomber)

12 New AI aircraft:

Bristol Blenheim MK I (Finnish Air Force)

Bristol Blenheim MK IV (Finnish Air Force)

Fiat G-50 (Finnish Air Force)

Morane MS.406 (Finnish Air Force)

Morane MS.410 (Finnish Air Force)

Mörkö Morane (Finnish Air Force)

IL-4

SB-2

Bf-110C

Bf-110G

Me-210Ca-1 (Hungarian Air Force)

Me-210Ca-1 Zerstörer (Hungarian Air Force)

About IL-2 Sturmovik

Released in November 2001, IL-2 Sturmovik has set new standards of realism and gameplay in the combat flight simulation genre. It is the world's most realistic WWII combat flight simulation, allowing you to fly more than 30 types of Russian, German and American planes, engage in air-to-air and air-to-ground battles and destroy any ground object, such as buildings, bridges, airfields, and more. Play campaign missions and track your career (with ranks and awards), fighting against intelligent AI opponents and multi-play with up to 32 human or AI players in dogfight. The title, developed by game developer 1C Maddox Games has swept almost every gaming award on it's way to becoming the most critically acclaimed flight simulation title of 2002.

IL-2 Sturmovik is available now at retail stores worldwide. Visit the IL-2 Sturmovik website at http://www.il2sturmovik.com and experience the demo today.